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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Number of Children at Home (8) and Census Family Structure (7) for the Census Families in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Forward Sortation Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Number of children at home (8) Census family structure (7)
Total - Census family structure Total couple families Married couple families Common-law couple families Total lone-parent families Female parent families Male parent families
Note(s) :
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 3,925 3,005 1,325 1,685 915 735 180
Total families without children at home 2,095 2,095 780 1,310 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,830 910 540 370 915 735 180
1 child at home 1,215 525 325 205 685 535 150
2 children at home 410 250 130 120 155 135 20
3 or more children at home 205 135 80 50 70 65 10
Total children at home 2,730.0 1,480.0 880.0 595.0 1,255.0 1,025.0 225.0
Average number of children at home per family 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 1.4 1.4 1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (G1K, CodeG1K)